Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Ron Larson
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Chapter 3, Problem 75RE
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To calculate: The tension in each rope that supports a load weighing
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Ch. 3.1 - For the triangle shown, A=30, B=45, and a=32...Ch. 3.1 - Find the height of the tree shown in the figure.Ch. 3.1 - Given A=31,a=12 inches, and b=5 inches, find the...Ch. 3.1 - Show that there is no triangle for which a=4 feet,...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 5ECPCh. 3.1 - Find the area of a triangular lot with two sides...Ch. 3.1 - On a small lake, you swim from point A to point B...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 1ECh. 3.1 - For triangle ABC, the Law of Sines is...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3E
Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 5ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 6ECh. 3.1 - Using the Law of Sines In Exercises 5-22, use the...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 8ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 9ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 10ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 11ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 12ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 13ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 14ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 15ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 16ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 17ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 18ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 19ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 20ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 21ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 22ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 23ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 24ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 25ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 26ECh. 3.1 - Using the Law of Sines In Exercises 23-32, use the...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 28ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 29ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 30ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 31ECh. 3.1 - Using the Law of Sines In Exercises 23–32, use the...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 33ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 34ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 35ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 36ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 37ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 38ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 39ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 40ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 41ECh. 3.1 - Finding the Area of a Triangle In Exercises 37-44,...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 43ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 44ECh. 3.1 - Height A tree grows at an angle of 4 from the...Ch. 3.1 - A boat is traveling due east parallel to the...Ch. 3.1 - Environmental Science The bearing from the Pine...Ch. 3.1 - Bridge Design A bridge is built across a small...Ch. 3.1 - Angle of Elevation A 10 -meter utility pole casts...Ch. 3.1 - Flight Path A plane flies 500 kilometers with ab...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 51ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 52ECh. 3.1 - Distance Air traffic controllers continuously...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 54ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 55ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 56ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 57ECh. 3.1 - True or False? In Exercises 55-58, determine...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 59ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 60ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 61ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 62ECh. 3.2 - Find the three angles of the triangle whose sides...Ch. 3.2 - Given A=80,b=16 meters, and c=12 meters, find the...Ch. 3.2 - In a softball game, a batter hits a ball to dead...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 4ECPCh. 3.2 - Prob. 5ECPCh. 3.2 - Prob. 1ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 2ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 4ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 5ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 6ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 7ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 8ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 9ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 10ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 11ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 12ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 13ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 14ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 15ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 16ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 17ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 18ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 19ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 20ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 21ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 22ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 23ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 24ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 25ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 26ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 27ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 28ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 29ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 30ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 31ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 32ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 33ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 34ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 35ECh. 3.2 - Solving a Triangle In Exercises 31-36, determine...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 37ECh. 3.2 - Using Heron’s Area Formula In Exercises 37-44, use...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 39ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 40ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 41ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 42ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 43ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 44ECh. 3.2 - Surveying To approximate the length of a marsh, a...Ch. 3.2 - Streetlight design Determine the angle in the...Ch. 3.2 - Baseball A baseball player in center field is...Ch. 3.2 - Baseball On a baseball diamond with 90-foot sides,...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 49ECh. 3.2 - Navigation On a map, Minneapolis is 165...Ch. 3.2 - Navigation A boat race runs along a triangular...Ch. 3.2 - Air Navigation A plane flies 810 miles from...Ch. 3.2 - Surveying A triangular parcel of land has 115...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 54ECh. 3.2 - Distance Two ships leave a port at 9.M.. One...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 56ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 57ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 58ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 59ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 60ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 61ECh. 3.2 - True or False? In Exercises 61 and 62, determine...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 63ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 64ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 65ECh. 3.2 - HOW DO YOU SEE IT? 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In Exercises 9598, determine...Ch. 3.3 - True or False? In Exercises 9598, determine...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 98ECh. 3.3 - Error Analysis Describe the error in finding the...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 100ECh. 3.3 - Prob. 101ECh. 3.3 - Technology Write a program for your graphing...Ch. 3.3 - Finding the Difference of Two Vectors In Exercises...Ch. 3.3 - Finding the Difference of Two Vectors In Exercises...Ch. 3.3 - Graphical Reasoning Consider two forces...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 106ECh. 3.3 - Prob. 107ECh. 3.3 - Prob. 108ECh. 3.4 - Find each dot product. a. 3,42,3 b. 3,51,8 c....Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 2ECPCh. 3.4 - Find the angle between u=2,1 and v=1,3.Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 4ECPCh. 3.4 - Prob. 5ECPCh. 3.4 - Prob. 6ECPCh. 3.4 - Prob. 7ECPCh. 3.4 - Prob. 1ECh. 3.4 - Vocabulary: Fill in the blanks. The dot product of...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 3ECh. 3.4 - Fill in the blanks. The vectors u and v are if...Ch. 3.4 - Fill in the blanks. The projection of u onto v is...Ch. 3.4 - Fill in the blanks. The work W done by a constant...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 7ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 8ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 9ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 10ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 11ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 12ECh. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Using Properties of the Dot Product In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Magnitude of a Vector In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Magnitude of a Vector In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Magnitude of a Vector In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Magnitude of a Vector In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Magnitude of a Vector In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Magnitude of a Vector In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Angle Between Two Vectors In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Finding the Angle Between Two Vectors In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 31ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 32ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 33ECh. 3.4 - Finding the Angle Between Two Vectors In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 35ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 36ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 37ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 38ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 39ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 40ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 41ECh. 3.4 - Finding the Angle Between Two Vectors In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 43ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 44ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 45ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 46ECh. 3.4 - Using the Angle Between Two Vectors In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 48ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 49ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 50ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 51ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 52ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 53ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 54ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 55ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 56ECh. 3.4 - Decomposing a Vector into Components In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Decomposing a Vector into Components In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 59ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 60ECh. 3.4 - Finding the Projection of u onto v In Exercises...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 62ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 63ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 64ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 65ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 66ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 67ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 68ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 69ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 70ECh. 3.4 - Business The vector u=1225,2445 gives the numbers...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 72ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 73ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 74ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 75ECh. 3.4 - Work Determine the work done by a crane lifting a...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 77ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 78ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 79ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 80ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 81ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 82ECh. 3.4 - Prob. 83ECh. 3.4 - True or False? 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